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Iran is ready to restart atomic talks with the United States as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed recent overtures had been made by go-betweens to resume talks with the American leadership. He said Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to permit the global atomic watchdog to visit struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Walking a Difficult Route

The foreign minister is treading a difficult course since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen stronger militarily and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Prior Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that concluded with Donald Trump claiming the facilities had been eliminated. Subsequently, European countries exercised their privilege to restore global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Officials claimed repeatedly they had achieved a deal with the US representative the American negotiator only for the deal to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Iran's diplomats said the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the offer could be revived in some form if talks restart.

The US president last week stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to resume discussions, but in private Tehran representatives claim they are not yet getting consistent overtures from the United States either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a performance.

Political Stance

In his address to the gathering, designed to paint the US as a controlling nation that misuses the notion of global regulations, Araghchi said the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be settled by military means. He asserted the assaults commenced with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and culminated with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making trust hard to rebuild.

Dialogue Remains the Final Solution

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had consistently sought to impose their will during the talks. Negotiations can still be viable and continues the final answer to address disagreements, but its criteria, regulations and principles must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the Iranian people with the tone of respect and honor, they will receive a reply in the identical tone."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We acquired numerous insights from this engagement; we have discovered our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He continued: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to obliterate, stays intact. The sites and equipment, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is important is the will of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have grown more powerful, more cohesive, and more backing of the government and the nation in the wake of this assault."